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Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
More enjoyable sex, less enjoyable sleep. Ione Skye, 54, gets candid about intimacy, insecurities and menopause.
Gen-X it girl Ione Skye starred in River's Edge with Keanu Reeves, Say Anything with John Cusack and Wayne's World with Mike Myers and Dana Carvey. At just 16, she dated Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and married, cheated on and divorced the Beastie Boys' Adam Horowitz. For so much of her life, much of which has been covered by tabloids and chronicled in pop culture history has been notable for the men — and women — she's dated. But at 54, with the release of her memoir Say Everything, she's writing the story and taking center stage. So why tell all (and tell all she does) now? 'It's just that getting older, life doesn't get easier. But I feel I can handle getting through things a little better with the wisdom of age,' she tells Yahoo Life. With age comes wisdom, yes, but also new challenges and changes. Here she shares her refreshing thoughts on body image, exercise, menopause and more. Why was it the right time for you to write and release this book? I always love sharing myself with my close friends and family and just have that desire to be known, like all of us. But at this point, I felt I could trust myself to share and not overshare, believe it or not, even though it is unapologetically honest and disarming. It felt like there was a lot of interest in my life and I wanted to let people know who I am and share my experience. As I get older, I feel I can kind of take care of myself through things emotionally — ride the ups and downs and still stick with myself. When I was younger, I don't know if I would have had the same mind to edit parts. The older I get, the more I feel like life is just as hard in some ways, but this, too, shall pass. You touch on different sources of insecurity in your writing — your body being one of them. Has that changed as you've gotten older? The pressure I had put on myself to look like a friggin' model is insane. As I get older, I'm grateful when my body works. I'm always going to have that mind where I put pressure on myself thinking my stomach looks big in a picture or whatever it is. But I just appreciate superficially the parts of my body that I do like. In the book I write a list about the parts I like versus the parts I don't like, which is not a healthy thing. But also, it is, in the sense that I'm focusing on the good things. I'm just trying to remember all the healthy things that really matter. What does exercise look like for you in your 50s? I struggle with that and always have. As a little kid, I didn't like sports at first because I hated the feeling of competition. When it was light and just fun, it was great. I liked it when I could forget that I was exercising. It's about finding the thing that I feel good doing so I'm still doing something because I realize I have to and it makes me feel better, of course. But I'm inconsistent. Now I'm doing Pilates for just stretching. I'm not in a class — I found a place where you go on your own machine because I feel a lot of pressure in class sometimes. I'm 54 and most women in classes I've gone to were up to their 30s or 40s. So I'm a little older, they're seemingly having a much easier time and I get frustrated with myself that I don't have the same endurance. I was never highly athletic, but I'm giving myself a break. I don't want to push myself anymore as long as I'm doing something. Just being very gentle and taking it slow. How has your body evolved with aging? I'm getting older, my tummy is getting bigger and I'm gaining a little weight as I'm menopausal. Maybe that'll even out, but again, I'm giving myself grace for the changes of my body. As long as I'm being healthy and trying to be mobile and keep fit, that's more important than just worrying too much about what I look like in clothes. What has menopause been like for you otherwise? It's hard getting older. I guess you hear about that whole feeling of being invisible and all of that. I just didn't expect the anxiety and the mood changes. Obviously, your hormones are different, so all of a sudden I've got more anxiety. The part that's the hardest for me isn't even the hot flashes because I'm taking estrogen and that helps. It's the sleeplessness that's just the worst. I look at my 23-year-old and my teenager and I'm like, 'Oh, I loved when I was younger and could just sleep.' It's really good that more people are talking about it. I can't believe my mom didn't. I asked my mom about her experience and she's like, 'Oh, I don't remember. I just remember feeling sort of sad that I wouldn't be able to have a baby anymore.' And I'm like, 'That's it?' It's getting better. But I still feel sexy and beautiful. Intimacy and sexuality were a big part of the book. What does that look like for you today? It's been this whole process of … having sex for myself. I thankfully never had any nightmarish experiences, but I was still doing it a lot without really being in my body or knowing what I wanted. It felt almost like an extension of being creative with somebody I was attracted to and I admired. But I was very unable to enjoy it or I felt insecure about my body. Now that I'm in this marriage, I feel so safe. I can really check in with myself and do it for myself. I've turned it more into like, this is something good for me to do, which sounds completely unsexy, but it isn't. I remind myself that this is for you, this is for your sexual health and to connect with yourself and with your husband. It's such a long road and it's still going. Tell me about your beauty routine. I feel like I've finally learned how to do my makeup properly. It's taken me a long time. I was naturally pretty and I didn't have a mom who encouraged me to get gussied up or to put on a face. So I just kind of went with it and brushed my hair, put on some cool clothes. I've always had rosacea, so I used to lean toward a natural look and products just because I was trying to avoid perfumes and stuff that would make my skin turn bright red. I have dry skin too, so just whatever I'm doing, I use a lot of moisturizer. I've never stuck to a routine, but I'm more and more open to learning about it these days, especially having daughters. They have like 20-step skincare routines. I'm going to try to do more facials because I think they do brighten up your skin. So I want to try to do a facial every three months or something if I can. You wrote about always feeling older than you were when you were a teenager, as a result of being in Hollywood. What age do you feel now? I feel a lot of different ages for different parts of me. I mean, sometimes I feel like a kid when I'm feeling emotional in a certain way. But I would say maybe early 40s, if I was going to land on like a more mature adult age.
Express Tribune
08-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Ione Skye reveals Red Hot Chili Peppers' front man Anthony Kiedis got her pregnant at 17
Ione Skye, in her new memoir Say Everything, claims Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis got her pregnant when she was 17 and they decided to terminate the pregnancy. Skye, now 54, recounts that she was 16 when she began dating the then-24-year-old Kiedis. She shares that, despite her childhood dreams of motherhood, she realized at the time that having a child with Kiedis—who struggled with heroin addiction—was not the right decision for her future. 'I was taking care of myself now, making a choice that felt good and important for my future,' Skye writes. She adds that Kiedis did not attend the abortion appointment, citing feelings of guilt. However, Skye expresses no regrets over her decision, emphasizing the challenges of raising a child in her circumstances, with someone who was not ready to be a father. Skye also opens up about the criticism she faced on social media regarding her relationship with Kiedis, particularly from TikTok users questioning her being with him at such a young age. She responded by sharing her side of the story and the difficult context surrounding their romance. The memoir also delves into other aspects of Skye's life, including her relationship with her father, her marriage to Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz, and her bisexuality. Skye also speaks about her current marriage to musician Ben Lee and their daughter, Goldie Priya Lee. Skye notes that while she remains in contact with Kiedis' mother, she has not spoken to him in years.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ione Skye, 54, Reveals She Slept with Costar John Cusack — and Other Juicy Revelations from Her Memoir (Exclusive)
Actress Ione Skye, 51, is an open book in her debut memoir Say Everything. (Out March 4). The delightfully juicy tome details everything from the Say Anything star's bohemian childhood, her fraught relationship with her father, 'Mellow Yellow' singer Donovan and tons of famous friends like River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, Sofia Coppola, Madonna and her first husband, Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz. "I'm a little nervous," Skye tells PEOPLE of name-checking so many celebs in the book. But she also says that at her age, she's found peace with telling the truth about her life and career. "I think as you get older, you feel freer just taking chances creatively and not worrying so much about everybody being happy," she says. "Or worrying about looking like a fool." "I definitely don't want to hurt anyone. But some people I named in the book have read it, and luckily everyone has loved it." One of those readers? Her Say Anything costar John Cusack. Skye had always maintained that while they had crushes on each other during filming, they never hooked up on set. In the book, she divulges that they eventually did sleep together, albeit years later. "I had to get it out of my system," she writes in the book, of getting together with him after her divorce from her first husband, Adam Horovitz. Related: Kathleen Hanna's Rebel Girl Shares Love Story with Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock — Get a Sneak Peek Here (Exclusive) She says she allowed Cusack to read a draft of her memoir, and afterward, he texted her: "You made the experience sound so meh! It wasn't 'meh' for me," he told her. "I was like, I'm telling a story, and it was more about how all of our chemistry was in our working together and stimulating each other's minds, not sleeping together!" Skye says, adding with a laugh, "I felt a little bad, but, oh well." Skye, who began acting at age 16, also reveals other crushes she had on costars, including her longtime friend River Phoenix, with whom she starred in 1988's A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon. "River ended up being a brother to me, but I remember at the time thinking, 'Oh I'm in love with him!' I couldn't wait to do my kissing scene with him. He was just delicious.'" Related: Ione Skye Shares Final Text Exchange with Matthew Perry Days Before His Death: 'Love This Guy' She also goes into her tumultuous relationship with rocker Anthony Kiedis, who she dated when she was 16 and he was 24 and struggling with a heroin addiction. Skye also had an abortion after getting pregnant by him in her late teens. "I'm not in touch with him," she admits, admitting that she's a little nervous over what he'll think of the book. Skye also opens up about meeting and falling for Horovitz when she was 20, and what it was like being part of the "It Couple" of the early '90s. The duo got married in 1992, but during their union, Skye discovered her bisexuality and entered into a series of affairs, including one with model Jenny Shimizu, the author reveals. They eventually divorced in 2000, and Horovitz later married Bikini Kill singer Kathleen Hanna. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. "I wrote to Adam," Skye says, of letting him know he'd be in the book. "He's private, but also such a big part of my story so he couldn't not be in it." One person who she knows won't have any issue with the book is her husband of 15 years, Aussie rocker Ben Lee. (The two share daughter Goldie, 15, and Skye is mom to daughter Kate, 24, with her ex David Netto.) Related: A Wedding in India for Actress Ione Skye "My husband, yeah, he knew everything," Skye says of Lee, 46. "I mean, he's kind of amazing. I don't think anything ruffled his feathers except that I spent so much time ruminating on a lot of the early chapters, and then by the time I got to the end and his chapters, I was sort of rushing through it. And he was like, wait a minute, wait a minute. I've been by your side this whole time and you can't rush through my part!" Jokes and first-time author jitters aside, Skye just hopes that people will have as much fun reading her story as she did writing it. "It's almost like motherhood, in that you know it's going to be a huge experience, but you don't know how big until you get there," she says of the three-year undertaking. "But it's one of my favorite projects I've ever done. I thought it would be kind of just annoying and difficult, but I ended up loving it. And yes, I do care about what others will think. But I also have the feeling that everything will be okay." Say Everything is available now, wherever books are sold. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Much Ado About Nothing: A gloriously giddy pink party – with dad dancing from Tom Hiddleston
This is more like it. After the wash-out of Jamie Lloyd's production of The Tempest, botching the grand return of Shakespeare to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, comes a bonkers but brilliantly inventive Much Ado that gives us (and Lloyd) something to smile about, providing a much-needed blast of fun and pop-saturated theatrical sun. Where Sigourney Weaver flopped as Prospero, Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston have fans queuing for the stage door, not just because of their A-list allure (they're Marvel names, both) but because they're an assured hoot as Beatrice and Benedick. True to form, Lloyd isn't giving us a traditional re-tread of the Messina-set rom-com. There's his standard use of headset mics to amplify the actors, and his customary stripping of the mise-en-scene to the barest essentials; in contrast to the deluxe auditorium, we see the vast, unadorned space. But far from seeming cheerless, and déjà vu, the approach proves a fresh, unbounded joy. Freeing the action from studious naturalism, and ersatz social context, it's a teasing provocation, with loud klaxon honks jolting us too. The boldest stroke (design: Soutra Gilmour) is a sustained shower of pink confetti. It's faintly magical to behold, offsetting plastic chairs below; on another level, it chimes with the play's tragicomic mix of autumnal wistfulness – these stand-offish rivals in wit are almost at last-chance saloon – and amorous adventure. That suggests that Lloyd has the thoughtful measure of the work but rather than impose his vision to an inhibiting degree, he trusts his crack cast to deliver the loose-limbed interplay. There are gimmicks galore but there's a knowingness to them that augments the feel-good energy and ensures that sincerity cuts through the image-conscious facades when it counts. Atwell is at first sedentary and svelte in a brown jump-suit – a seen-it-all Beatrice, dispensing put-downs at the expense of Hiddleston's smugly assured charmer, who arrives with fellow booty-shaking entourage to the riotous sound of the Beastie Boys' Fight for Your Right (To Party!). Though stylish, too, in dark blue trousers and shirt, offset by a garish, glittery belt, he's pure peacock, prone to thumbs-up gestures and conspiratorial winks ('I am loved of all ladies' is purred to the honey-voiced hilt). Hiddleston's game surrender to the carnivalesque spirit of the brisk night contributes to a rising, almost hysterical sense of OTT pleasure – we get cringe disco moves, attempted break-dancing, risible singing, even a flash of his six-pack. Hell, there's also a modicum ado about a card-board cut-out of Loki (there's a matching one of Atwell as Agent Carter too). The gulling sequence is as funny as any I've seen, Hiddleston straining to hide himself in confetti, madly rolling upstage then getting submerged beneath a giant inflatable love-heart. That Atwell insinuates deep, dormant wounds at her own duping, and real pain at her cousin Hero's nuptial jilting by the air-headed Claudio, attests to top-tier talent. Lloyd outrageously ditches the tricky Dogberry and co carry-on, truncating the second half, but by this point, and definitely come the moment B&B clinch for some smooching TLC, you're too smitten to fret. Until April 5. Tickets: Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
20-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Much Ado About Nothing: A gloriously giddy staging – with dad dancing from Tom Hiddleston
This is more like it. After the wash-out of Jamie Lloyd's production of The Tempest, botching the grand return of Shakespeare to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, comes a bonkers but brilliantly inventive Much Ado that gives us (and Lloyd) something to smile about, providing a much-needed blast of fun and pop-saturated theatrical sun. Where Sigourney Weaver flopped as Prospero, Hayley Atwell and Tom Hiddleston have fans queuing for the stage door, not just because of their A-list allure (they're Marvel names, both) but because they're an assured hoot as Beatrice and Benedick. True to form, Lloyd isn't giving us a traditional re-tread of the Messina-set rom-com. There's his standard use of headset mics to amplify the actors, and his customary stripping of the mise-en-scene to the barest essentials; in contrast to the deluxe auditorium, we see the vast, unadorned space. But far from seeming cheerless, and déjà vu, the approach proves a fresh, unbounded joy. Freeing the action from studious naturalism, and ersatz social context, it's a teasing provocation, with loud klaxon honks jolting us too. The boldest stroke (design: Soutra Gilmour) is a sustained shower of pink confetti. It's faintly magical to behold, offsetting plastic chairs below; on another level, it chimes with the play's tragicomic mix of autumnal wistfulness – these stand-offish rivals in wit are almost at last-chance saloon – and amorous adventure. That suggests that Lloyd has the thoughtful measure of the work but rather than impose his vision to an inhibiting degree, he trusts his crack cast to deliver the loose-limbed interplay. There are gimmicks galore but there's a knowingness to them that augments the feel-good energy and ensures that sincerity cuts through the image-conscious facades when it counts. Atwell is at first sedentary and svelte in a brown jump-suit – a seen-it-all Beatrice, dispensing put-downs at the expense of Hiddleston's smugly assured charmer, who arrives with fellow booty-shaking entourage to the riotous sound of the Beastie Boys' Fight for Your Right (To Party!). Though stylish, too, in dark blue trousers and shirt, offset by a garish, glittery belt, he's pure peacock, prone to thumbs-up gestures and conspiratorial winks ('I am loved of all ladies' is purred to the honey-voiced hilt). Hiddleston's game surrender to the carnivalesque spirit of the brisk night contributes to a rising, almost hysterical sense of OTT pleasure – we get cringe disco moves, attempted break-dancing, risible singing, even a flash of his six-pack. Hell, there's also a modicum ado about a card-board cut-out of Loki (there's a matching one of Atwell as Agent Carter too). The gulling sequence is as funny as any I've seen, Hiddleston straining to hide himself in confetti, madly rolling upstage then getting submerged beneath a giant inflatable love-heart. That Atwell insinuates deep, dormant wounds at her own duping, and real pain at Hero's nuptial jilting by the air-headed Claudio, attests to top-tier talent. Lloyd outrageously ditches the tricky Dogberry and co carry-on, truncating the second half, but by this point, and definitely come the moment B&B clinch for some smooching TLC, you're too smitten to fret.
